Application identification sensor
AssigneeMasimo Corporation
InventorsAmmar Al-Ali, Massi E. Kiani, Walter M. Weber
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Abstract
An application identification sensor comprises a plurality of emitters configured to transmit light into a tissue site and a detector configured to receive the light after tissue absorption. The detector generates a signal responsive to the intensity of the light and communicates the signal to a monitor. An information element is readable by the monitor so as to identify a sensor application. The monitor presets at least one user-selectable operational parameter in response to the information element.
Claims17
An application identification sensor comprising:
- a plurality of emitters configured to transmit light into a tissue site;
- a detector configured to receive said light after tissue absorption, said detector generating a signal responsive to the intensity of said light and communicating said signal to a monitor;
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- an information element readable by said monitor so as to identify a sensor application, said monitor presetting at least one user-selectable operational parameter in response to said information element.
An application identification sensor method comprising the steps of:
- attaching a sensor to a monitor;
- reading an information element corresponding to said sensor;
- associating data from said information element with an application;
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- presetting user-selectable parameters in said monitor corresponding to said application.
An oximeter system capable of pre-configuring itself for differing operational conditions, the oximeter system comprising:
- a noninvasive optical sensor configured to generate an intensity signal indicative of one or more physiological parameters responsive to a constituent of pulsatile blood of a patient being monitored;
- an information element;
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- a processor responsive to said intensity signal to determine measurements of said parameters, said processor also responsive to said information element to pre-configure one or more of a plurality of user-selectable configurations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.